Broom-sewing machine.



EAIENTED JULY s1, 190e. A. E. MILLER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1894.

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PATENTED JULY 31,v 1906.

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` PATENTED JULY a1, 190e.

- BROOM SEWING MACHINE. I

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p, yIIIsrIrED- srAf'rEs 'PATENT OEEIOE ANDREw E. MILLER, OE BALTIMORE,- MARYLAND, AssIeNoR, RY MEsNE i ASSIGNMENTS,y To HAMILTON cAssARD, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

Brico':WQ-SEWING.` MACHINE.

Patented July-31, 190e.

Application flied. November 5.1894.. serial No. 527,911. f f

To 'f1/'ZZ whom t may concern:

Be itknown that I, ANDREW E. MILLER, a subject ofthe King yof 'Great Britain, residing at Baltimorecity, State of: Maryland, have :invented certain new and useful Improvements'v in'BroomeSewing Machines; Vand I do hereby declare the following -to be a full, clear,

/ and -exact `description of the-imfention, such Aas willenable4 others-"skilled in the artjto ywhich it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had-tothe accompanyn -ing' drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.. I5

provide a machine which shall-greatly--sim-V plifythe workofbinding and sewing brooms,

The=object of the present linvention is rto effect' a great saving in'timefand labor,and

la proximate len th, lhas one end tuckedwith :in machine, and the machine started. en thefirst row'of stitching is completed,

reduce the cost of manufacture.

`IaIeretofore after the broom-stock hasbeenl attached to the handle and preparedlfor binding Aand sewing the course of procedure 'lhas-been, with the most approved appliances, `to. clamp the broom'in the vise of the'broo'mlsewing machine. Then 4the thread, cut toan t e aid ofa han -tool into the-'broom and is pass'edaround the broom `by handAand the visepushed into position lforsewin .The

thread has then to be connected to t e sewthe vise has tofbe drawn back and the 4jaws loosened to'allow the broom to dro down ithefdistance between twofrows yof. inders, `and the several vsteps necessary to again 1 clamp;` thebroom, ltuck the .binding-thread,

wind the binder, push forward the vise, con- .nectlthe'. thread, and start 'the sewing operation-all separate handYoperations-have to f befagain'gonethrough :withrand the same againrepeated foreach binder. Each hand operation necessarily consumes timeand--requires close attention to` secure uniform '.The present invention aims to provide a machinewhich shall do the work oflbinding .and sewing allzthe strands at `the same'ftime and f shall automatically perform the several the broom 'is clamped in the vvise than the starting of the mechanisms. Thus skilled labor is not required for 'the 'Work and great rapidity is obtained.

a -tranverse` sectional e evation'of the sewing portion'of the machine, the line of section being taken betweenthe binder and the sewanism' removed.l iFig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of lthe machine, taken through the center of the sewing portion thereof and tion; Fig. Sis afront elevation of the binder with portions ofthe frame insection, the line Aof=view being indicated by the dotted lines 33 of 'Fi- 3.' F-ig.'4 isa p lan view of porative parts carried by thesame. Figsl, 7 `and 8 are 'respectively side, bottom, and re-` versedside views of one ofthe sewing-needles. Figs, 9. and'10, are respectively side and edgefviews of the cam-wheely forcperating the threading, sewing, and unthreading levers ofthe sewer. Fig. 11 is adetail side elevation, partly ins'ection, of the maindriving shaft` and clutchtherefor, andcountershaft with clutch for (operatingl the binder. Fig. 12 is a planyiew ofthe same: Fig.v 13 is a front view of the carriers forthe auxiliary jaws of the vise Sand devices.connecte'dtherelwith *for opening andclosing the carriers.

same, showing in partthe auxiliary jaws-for gripping the broom. Figs. y-15 and `16 are respectively a plan and side elevation lofthe nections therewith for revolving the yvise. Fig. `1'7" is a rearview of this cam-wheel and gear mechanism. Fig. f18 isa-detail view of the rock-shaftand clutch carried by the main driving-shaft. Figs. '19I to- 22,v inclusive, illustrate the sewing-feed mechanism for the vise. Fi'g..23 is a side view of the carriers and auxiliary jaws for -gripping-the broom, i the same being shown in plan in Fig. 24. and vin end elevation by Fig.- 25. AThe construction rof* the endsof the auxiliary jaws is illustrated indetail: by.v Fig.; 26. Fig. 26a isla detail view of a slightly-'modified formv oflock-for j In the accompanyin drawings, Figure` 1 is ing mechanism@ .f This is lessentially `,a front view ofthemachine withthe'binding mechshowing'the vise'and theV binder inside elevations of lt ebinde'r. Fig. 511s a plan lview* of Fig. 14 is a side sectionaly elevationf the,

cam-wheel of the binder andthe gear con-` connecting the bars of 'the auxiliary-.j aw vtogether. Fig-w27 I is a verticalsid'e elevation of the topframe of themachine and the oper- IOO . illustrated by Figs.- 37 and 38.

the threading-head of the binder, the same being shown in plan view, partly in section, by Fig. 28. Fig.- 29 is a bottom view of the ratchet-wheel attached to the bottom of one of the pressure-rollers of this threading-head. Fig. 30 shows in side elevation the starting- .lever and connections therefor for controlling the binder and the sewer, the same being illustrated in end view by Fig. 31 and in plan by Fig. 32. Figs.,33 and 34 are views further illustrating the details of the intermittent feed for the sewing mechanism. Figs. 35 and 36 illustrate a modified form of unthreading-hook and a further modification in which the shank ofthe hook is rotated as Figs. 39, 40, and 41 are side and transverse sectional views of threadtubes or guards to receive the threads from the unthreading-hooks and hold them apart from each other; and Figs.

, 42, 43, and 44 illustrate the successive positions of the threading-needle in tying the thread after the broom has been wound.

I The machine comprises a vise for the broom which admits of an oscillating movement on a center to bring the broom first into position for binding by means of the binding mechanism and then into position for sewing, the .said broom-vise being also capable of revolving on its axis during the binding operation;

. a set of separate detachable auxiliary clamps which grip the broom along the several lines of bin ers and'hold it com ressed and in proper shape during the bin ing and sewing operation, and jaw-operating devices whereby the arms of the vise engaging with and carrying the auxiliary clam s are thrown out of engagement with the c amps when the binding operation is to take place.

Further features of the invention include the inclination given to the Jframework of the binder and the operating parts thereof with respect to the sewing-machine proper, whereby the swinging of the vise on its center brings it into an operative position with respect to .either part of the machine 5 also the mechanism for binding and sewing any number or all of the threads at the same time, the special form of the hooks and needles employed, and their arrangement whereby the needles engage with and push the thread through the sewing-machine; the automatic intermittentA feed for the vise; the thread guards or holders for the loose ends of the threads, and other points of novelty hereinafter described.

It will be seen that in some cases in the accompanying drawings the teeth of gears and pinions are indicated for a part of the circuniference only; but it will be understood, as is usual in the case of working drawings, that the teeth continue around the entire circuinference of the gear or pinion unless otherwise expressed.

The top of the frame of the machine consists of a horizontal bed or table 40 for that portion of the machine comprising the sewingmachine proper and an inclined bed. 41 for the portion which comprises the binding pait of the machine. The operator stands at the end of this inclined portion of the frame. This table 40 and 41 has a central opening 42 for the vise, which opening along the portion of the bed of the sewiiig-inacliiiie is of a width to just receive the broom-vise when closed, the sides of the opening forming guideways for the vise. At the binding end ofthe table this central opening widens out, as shown by Figs. 4 and 5, to allow for the opening of the jaws and the revolution of the vise as hereinafter described. This table or bed 4() 41 is supported on the frame 43, which is properly braced and carries the necessary hangers and supports for the bearings and operative parts of the machine. As the frame may take any shape which the economical constructions of the machine and proper bearings for the shafts and mechanisms require, it will not be necessary to describe it in detail or to designate the bearings of the several shafts, rocksliafts, and cain-wlieels.

Power is applied to the machine through the medium of a inain driving-sliaft 44, having a driving-pulley 45, said shaft being located midway between the sides of the inachine and extending rearward from near the center thereof. The binding mechanism is operated from a couiiter-sliaft 48, (see Figs. 1

- 11, and 12,) which is driven by interineshing gears 46 and 47, the former being secured. to the main shaft and the latter to the counter-shaft. The sewinfr mechanism is operated by a cam-wheel 49, which may be clutched to the main shaft, and the mech anism for feeding the vise-jaws which hold the brooin-liead to the sewing mechanism is operated from the main shaft by means of a sprocket-wheel 58 upon the main shaft and a sprocket-chain 65.

The counter-sh aft 48, from which the bind.- ing mechanism is operated, is a divided shaft with the two end parts thereof connected by a clutch 66. (See Figs. 11 and 12.) The sliding member of this clutch is operated by the lever-arm 67, carried by the rock-shaft 62 and controlled by the starting-lever 63. At the end of this shaft 48 there is a bevel-gear 68 for driving the binding mechanism, which IOO IIC

.by mean'sof the clutch 66.

mechanism is thusthrown in or out ofaction The bevel-gear 68engages with its mate 69, carried by the shaft.,70,'(see Figs. 15 and 17,) which has a pinion 71, that drives a large spur 72, as clearlyshown inFigs. 15, 16, and 17. This j large gear is attached to aIcam-,wheel 80, the

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gear running'. loosely on a stud-shaft7 3, firmly attached to the frame of themachine. 4

vThe cam-wheel 80 has on its front face a periphery of the cam-wheel 80 for a short disthe end ofthe rock-shaft86, justabove the y,bed 41 of thebinder, and this rock-shaft 86 Acarries at its opposite end thebearingl 87 for a 4tance there is an oblique flange 84, (see Figs.

2 and 3,) and traveling on the outer peripheryl'ofthe cam-wheel there is alroller carried by an arm or lever 85, which arm'is keyed to sliding rod 8 8, to which is fastened the looping .needle-head89, the said headcarrying a .gang of looping-needles 90. A connecting- 4rod 91 Aconnects the slide-rod 88 with the lever-arm 83. The cou lings of the connecting-rod 91 with the s iding yrod 88 and the Iarm 83, respectively, are made with balljoints totake off undue strain dueto the lateral shifting of the needle-head. `l92"is a .spring (shown in Figs. 2 and 4, but omittedj in Fig. 3) bearing againstthe end of the rockshaft 86 to hold itin its normal position, and

`bymeans ofthe flange 84on thecam-wheel this yrock-shaft is given a slight longitudinal displacement for a purpose hereinafter explained when the roller on the yend of the lever-arm 85 strikes the lfiange 84, andl is therebylaterally shifted.

-The devices now being described comprise the-looping mechanism which effects the initial attachmentof the bindingtwine to the broom-head and the loopingof the threads around thestrands of the binder after the widths lthe rock-shaft 86 is laterally'adjustk.able in thehub of the rocker arm or lever 85, vand thecoupling-pin 93, which connects the lever-arm 83 withthe connecting-.rod 91, is

`also made .laterally adjustable with respect .to the lever.

Therock-shaft 86 is journaled in a bearing v9,4, carried on ythe table-frame Mounted on the rock-shaft 82 andloose carries a roller 96, traveling on the periphery of the cam-wheel 80. -The ridge on thepe.-

rij-phery of the cam-wheel, which determines the movements of the roller 96 and the lever yandmechanism operatedthereby, is indicated at 97, while the ridge operating lthe rocker-arm 85'is shown at 98on the periphery of fthecam-.wheel (See Figs. 2 andy3.)

lThe cam-groove inthe face of the Wheel, in which the friction-roller of the rocker-arm 81 travels,is in part shown at 99. (See Fig. 3.) The upper arm of thelever is connected, by means of a connecting-rod 100, to an arm l10d1, carried by av vertical rock-shaft 102, whichrock-shaft extends up through the table of the binder and carries above the table l the threading-head arm 103. The couplings Vat the ends of the connecting-rod 100 are preferably made with ball-joints to allow free play to the connections. Attached to the cam-levers 85\and 9.5 there are suitable tension-springs 104 and 105, respectively, Fig. 3, t`o hold them against their respective operating cam-surfaces.

On the end of the arm 103there is a threading head or casing 106, which is intermittently movedthrough the arc of a circle parallel with theinvolved portion of the arm 103v to bring the thread in front of the needles 90. Thisthreading-headis illustrated in detail in Figs. 27, 28, and 29, and its position on the machine is indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 4, the arm 103 being shown broken off in Figs. 3 and 5 to bring to view the looping-needles. It is shown in the present case with setsvofdevices for holding, feeding, and cutting four threads, the machine thus being adapted for any number of binders up to four, others being added if more are required. The threading-head brings the several threads into proper position with respect to the several needles 90, so that 'each needle may engage with one of the threads and carry it into the broom. The threading-head casing has a series of funnel-shaped or tubular threadguides, one of these thread-guides being shownin Fig. 28 at 107 108. These tubular thread-guides are arranged in a vertical series .one above the other, and they are cut throughA by a vertical slot for the passage therethrough of the needles 90 this slot appearing in Fig. 28' at 109, dividing the thread-guide into the two sections 107 and 108, before referred to.

The needle-slot 109 may be asingle slot .traversing the series of tubular thread-guides, the object of the thread-guides being to properly present the threads to the needles in order that the latter may engage with their respective threads just prior to entering the broom. For securing a proper tension on the threads and also -forfeeding them forward there are two vertical pressure-rollers 110 `111, between which the threads pass. The roller 11.1 is provided with a thumb-wheel 112 onthe top of the threading-head for use in adjusting the threads or bringing'them forward by hand, while at its rbottom end this. roller carries a ratchet-wheel 113, rotated by Aa loose friction-wheel 114, surrounding ,the

same and `having a pawl 115 engaging with -the ratchet. Mounted on the table ofthe `binder there is. an arc friction-plate 116,

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4 and 5, with which the friction-wheel 114, Figs. 27 and 29, engages when the arm 103 makes its stroke, and when it makes its forward stroke the roller 11 is rotated and the threads advanced sufliciently to carry them through the funneleguides and past the needle-slot 109. Between thefeeding-rollers and the cone-thread guides 107 each thread passes through an eye 117, in conjunction with which there operates a rotary cutter 125, hereinafter described. rlhe shaft of each cone has a worm 119, which engages with a worm-wheel 120, carried on a shaft 121 transverse to the cone-shaft. Each of the shafts 121 carries at its forward end a dog 122, Fig. 28, and fitted on the end of the shaft there is a loose sleeve 123, having a lug 124, with which the dog 122 engages when the shaft 121 is rotated, and to said sleeve 123 is attached a radially-projecting knife 125 for severing the thread at the proper instant.

Projecting from the side of the knife there is a pin 126, to which is attached a spring 126g, the other end of which is fastened to the frame of the threading-head. When the knife is rotated through the agency of the dog, it moves round until the pin 126 passes the center, when the tension-spring 126 causes it to complete its rotation with a quick stroke across the face of the threading-eye 117, cutting the thread. Contiguous to each of the cones 118 there is an adjustable stud 127, carrying a pair of threading-eyes at the ends of a yoke 128, and loosely mounted on the stud between the threading eyes there is a thread-guide roller 129. The studs 127 are set parallel with the sides of the cones and are longitudinally adjustable in the threading-head frame, so that the threads supported by them can be shifted with respect to the cones and cause to travel around the larger or smaller parts of the cone, as desired. The threads bearing against their respective cones 118 in passing from the supports just described to the tension-rollers 110 111 revolve the cones and effect the rotation of the knife 125 By properly setting the studs 127 the number of revolutions of the cones as the threads are drawn through can be gaged so as to cause the knives to cut them in proper lengths. 130 is a guideearm with eyes for the several threads, the threads passing from the reels 224 to these eyes.

The vise proper has two main jaws 173, hinged at 174 to the vise-body 175, and the latter is carried upon a vertical hollow shaft 205, revolubly mounted in a stirrup-hanger 213, the latter being supported upon trunnions 216 and 217, so that the vise may be oscillated longitudinally of the machine. Two projecting guide-arms 176 extend outward on each side of the vise-body and carry guide-plates, which slide on the side faces of the central ol ening 42 of the top plate. These guide-p ates may be made adjustable,

or the bearing side faces of the frame may be formed of adjustable plates to allow for the taking up of the wear of the guide-faces. Hinged to the jaws at 177 are the carriers 178 for the auxiliary jaws 179 for ripping the broom. The carriers 178, of which there are a pair at both ends of the main jaws, are fastened to rock-shafts 180, and on the front end of the jaws the carriers have cranlvarins 181, connected by links 182 with crank-arms 183, carried by a turn-collar 184 on the front end of the center bolt of the jaw-hinge 174. (See Figs. 13 and 14.)

The auxiliary jaws 179 are removably attached to the carriers 178 by means of splitspring bolts 185, (see Fig. 24,) entering eyes in the carriers and whici allow the carriers to pull off from the auxiliary jaws when the carriers are swung back during the binding operation and leave the clamps or auxiliary jaws fixed to the broom and then to attach themselves again when the operation is completed and the carriers are turned up against the auxiliary jaws. These auxiliary jaws correspond in number to the number of binding-threads and needles less one, the top edge of the vise-jaws 173 gripping the broom just below the bottom binder. Each auxiliary jaw consists of a pair of'clampingwbars, one of which, 179, has at its ends spring-hooks 186, which lit into slots at the ends of the other member of the jaw 17 9b and catch into the end of the bar and lock the two together. The stepped. notches 187 at the ends of the bar 17 9b allow the auxiliary jaws to close up as the broom is compressed and firmly hold the broom.

Instead of forming the stepped notches 187 at the ends of the bar 179", as above described, the inner faces of the spring-hooks 186 may be provided with a series of teeth adapted to successively engage with a single tooth or projection arranged within the adjacent slotted end of the bar 17 9b as the broom is compressed. Such construction is illustrated in Fig. 26a of the drawings.

The carriers holding these jaws are closed by means of a socket-wrench 188, having a slottedhead which engages with lugs 189 on the turn-collar 184 when the vise is swung into position for binding. The socketwrench 188 is on the end of a shaft 190, which at its outer end is provided with a handle 19 1 for operating the wrench by hand and opcning the carriers at the start of the bindinr op eration. The slot in the head 188 al ows easy entrance of the lugged head of the turncollar 184 and the horizontal motion of the vise when revolved in the binder. Mounted on the shaft 190 there is a pinion 192, which intermeshes with a segmental gear 193, mounted on a pin 194, carried by the frame, and said segmental gear has an arm 195. cxtending down in the path of a lug or tooth 196 on the periphery of the cam-wheel 80.

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Thistoothstriking the arm 195 eects a turn ofthe wrench 188 and causes it to automatL4 ically close vthe clamp-carriers -178 when the binding operation has been completed. Lugs Aor stops 197 on 4the vise-body. 175 limit the -thro'w of the bell-crank 183.

The vi se-j aWs 173 have broad downwardly-v.

extending side arms 200, which carry stude pins 201, connected by links 202, Fig. ,1, with stud-pins on the sliding collar 204. The side arms 200 have sufficient sprin to allow for variations in the thickness o l binding when closed to accommodate brooms of any size. The collar 204 slides vertically'on the shaft 205 of the vise and Iis held thereon against axial movement bya feather. Fitte into this sliding collar and seated in agroove therein is a loosering 206 with trunnion-bearings 207, to which are aterating the main jaws of the vise.

The vise-shaft 205 is'supported by a stirrup-hanger 213, having collars 2-14 and 215 at the top and bottom which-encompass the v vise-shaft and trunnions 216 and 217, jour- .is a spur-gear 220 naledfin bearingscarried by the frame. The upper collar 214 bears under a shoulder on thevise-shaft, a spring-washer 214i?, Fi 1, being interposed to take up any wear o the vise-,column onv its supports, y tantto hold thetop of the jaws at a constant level and in true position with respect tothe -needles. On the bottom of the vise-shaft `there is an adjustable collar 2 18, which allows the top of the vise to be accurately set with respect to the needles and when removed allows the vise and its shaft to be lifted out of the hanger. The bearing for the trunnion 217 is set back a short distance from the stirrup-hanger, andl the extended trunnion 217 When this co'llaris carries a set-collar 219. loosened, the trunnion-shaft 217 can be slipped through its bearing until the trunnion 216 clears its bearing, and then the stirrupehanger can be taken out. The centers of thepins 210 are concentric with the axis of .the trunnions 216 and 217 of the stirruphanger of the vise-shaft `when the vise is closed with a broom clamped therein. 1

On the end of the stud-shaft 73, Figs. 2, 15, 1'6, andv 1'7, there is fastened a collar 74, which carries a stud 75, (see ',Fig. 16,) kon which is hung a bevel-pinion 76 and a spurgear 77, both attached to a common sleeve,

and on the face of the large gear 72 there is a segment of a bevel-gear 78, meshing with the beveled pinion 76.- Onlthe vise-shaft, below the hanger-ring 214 and` keyed thereto, there which meshes with the the brooms gripped in the vise, and in addition thereto lthe jaws may be made adjustable as tovwidth for it is impor-.

gear 77 when the vise is swung over into ,pijosition for bindina'the rotation orthse, gears land the vise-'shaft being effected through the medium of the` segmental V,gear 78 and pinion 76. Y l,

At the'top of the vise-shaft there is a verticallyfadjustable `socketseat 221 for the broom fitted within the upper en njd ofthe tubular spindle 205and held by a set-screw,' by means of which the vertical position ofthe broom is regulated. Onone side ofthe visebody there is carried a segment-gear'172 for 'the feeding mechanism. Another .point to be noted is the secondary foot-lever 223,6011# lnected by .bell-,crank and 'link withfthe primary foot-lever 212 for the purpose of lifting the latter and pulling down the collar 206 and -opening the main jaws. i Carried on'theA shaft i 44 there is a large cam-wheel 49,` provided With a cam-groove 4,9Il and'49b, respectively, Fig.` 10, on each side face, `irroneof,vs fhich cam-grooves, 49a, 'travels'.the friction-rollers on the ends ofthe duplicate'rocke'shajft arms:

50 and'inv the other camfgroove49btravels the friction-rollers carried by the duplicate rock-shaft arms 51; j to-.which are respectively attached 4the camcontrolled lever-arms 50 at one end, carry at Atheir opposite ends the unthreading-jlevers 53 it being:understoodv that these'parts are Anecessarilyduplicated on the two sides of the sewing-machine. l

The cam-controlled lever-arms 51, inlike 'manner carried b the rock-shafts 54,operate the main sewingevers 55 55,' attached to the' opposite ends of their respective rock-shafts; The sewing-levers 55 55 are coupled byconnectingfrods 56l 56 with thel sewing-needle vheads 57, which latterslide in guideways57EL 57, mounted on the table 40 in properposi'- tion with respect to eachother on opposite sides of the central opening 42, andsaid guideways have a slight upward inclination and are also obliquely set with respect to the line of sewing, as clearly illustrated inFigs. 1 and 5, to give the proper entrance forthe needles `into and through the broom in. order that the needles may pass under thel binding? threads on the entering side of the broom and out above the binding-threads on the opposite side. The coupling-rods 56 56 are preferably connected with ball-and-socket joints to the needle-head 57 and to their leverarms 55 55.l The cam-wheel 49 is loose on the drivingshaft 44 and is coupled thereto lwhen the sewing mechanism is to be'operated by means of a sliding clutch 58, the movable member of which` is operated by a clutchlever 59carried yby a rock-shaft 59a, (see Figs. V11, 12, and 18,) and the lower armV of `this rock-shaft is connectd by a rod 60 with an arm 6,1, carried by a rock-shaft 62, to which is fastened the starting-lever 63. The hub 64 of the cam-wheel49, which hub'also -forms one-half of thev clutch, carries a" The rock-shafts 52,52,

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. 148, fastened to the lever-arm of the rockshaft 149, Figs. 2 and 5, and this rock-shaft bythe arm 150 is connected to the threadl' ing-hook head 151, carrying the gang of threading-hooks 152. Sliding on standards 153 there is a head 154, which carries at one end the rock-shaft 149 and has at the oppo- `rsite end a corresponding bearing 155. A

,flink 156 connects said latter bearing with .ma rear arm of the threading-hook head and i y gives a parallel motion to the gang of threading-hooks, whereby they always preserve a horizontal position. The standards 153 are provided with collarsV or shoulders 157, on which the frame 154 rests when in its lowest position, and carried on the rod 146 there is a collar 158, which strikes the frame 154 and raises it during the latter part of the upward stroke of the rod, thereby giving a vertical movement to the threading-hooks 152. The upward movement of the rod 146 first causes the threading-hooks to transcribe an are of a circle downward and backward, followed by an upward movement when the frame 154 "is lifted by the collar 158. A spring (not I to Ithe shaft of the sprocket-wheel 160.

shown) holds the frame 154 down on its seat until it is raised by the collar 158.

The sprocket-chain 65 drives the sprocketwheel 160 and the vise-feeding mechanism. On the inner end of the shaft of the sprocketwheel 160 there is a dog 161, (see Figs. 2 and 19 to 22, inclusive,) and coperating therewith is a toothed or star wheel 162, carried by a sleeve which has 'a central square opening whichreceives the end of a square shaft 163, and with eachrevolution of the sprocketwheel the dog 161 engages with a prong of the star-wheel 162 and rotates its shaft through a small arc. This star-wheel and its shaft are set slightly eccentric with resplelct f sleeve of the star-wheel turns in the bearings 1623, and it is held in place by a set-collar 164, fastened to the sleeve of the wheel. Near the inner end of the shaft 163 there is a movable bearing 165 for said shaft, which is rocked by a rock-shaft 166, which ro c k-shaft is operated by a lever 167, and when said lever-arm is drawn down, as hereinafter described, the bearing 165 swings forward and brings a friction-pinion 168, carried on the shaft 163, (and between two sections of the bearing,) against the face of a friction-disk 169, which latter is carried by a short transverse shaft. The friction-pinion 168 can be adjusted at any point between the center or the edge of the friction-disk 169 by shifting the rock-shaft 166 laterally in its bearings, thereby adjusting the speed of rotation of the friction-disk 169. For effecting this adjustment the lever 167 is attached to the rockshaft 166 by a set-screw and is placed between a pair of hangers 170. On the opposite end of the shaft carrying the frictiondisk 169 there is a spur gear 171, which meshes with a segmental spur-gear 172, fixed to the side of the vise, and by means of which the vise, carrying the broom, is fed along past the sewing-needles. The feed of the vise and the length of the stitch can be regulated by means of the adjustable shaft 166.

The gang of twine-reels 224 are shown in Figs. 1 and 3 with the threads running to guide-eyes 225, carried on the binder-frame, and thence to the guide-eyes in the arm 13() of the threading-head.

The sewing-needles are of special form adapted to effect the pushing ofthe thread through the broom in lieu of hooking the thread and drawing it through. The needle is made with its point in line with the bottom edge of the needle-shank and slanting backward therefrom to the upper edge of the needle. A short distance behind the point there is a recess or open eye 226, Figs. 6, 7, and 8, having the forward projecting prong 227 at its rear side. On both sides of the needleshank behind this open eye there are grooves 228 to receive the thread and reduce the tension on the thread when the needle is pushing the thread through the broom. The thread lies in these grooves on both sides of the needle and i`s protected thereby from undue friction. On the left side of the needle just in the rear of the open eye the needle is sunk or cut away, as shown at 229, this recess being a little deeper than the bottom of the groove Y 228, and it is cut with a slightly-inclined face, so as to readily allow the unthreading-hook to pass down between the needle and the thread. It is within the scope of my invention to place the prong and the recess for the unthreading-hook at any point or side of the needle so long as the prong can engage with and press the thread through the broom and the unthreading-hook can catch into theloop, and the same is also true of the threading and looping members 90. The location of the open eye on the under side of the needle is naturally preferable but it may, for example, be on the upper side of the needle, the motions imparted to the needle being changed to correspond.

The sewing needles are adjustably attached to the needle-head so that the distance between them can be varied toaceommodate the machine to the sewing of brooms IOO with 'any dstancevbetween binding-strands that is desired, and in like manner the loopj hooks 152and the unthreading-hooks 230 are readily adjusted toY any of the spacing of the sewing-needles by bending them'. These unthreading-hooks 230 are carried by the leverarm 53. Set into the head of each arm 53 are the rock-shafts 231, corresponding to the number of needles, to which are fastened the unthreading-hooks 230 on one side of the armhead, and at the opposite side there are the rearwardly-extending arms 232, all coupled together by the common bar 233, which bar carries at its lower end a pawl 234, designed to engage with the under inclined face ofa stationary lug 235, carried by the frame of the machine, when the unthreading-arm makes its forward movement and lift the unthreading-hooks by pulling the bar down. The pawl 234 is s o hinged to the bottom of the bar 233 that on the return movement of the arm 53 it will swing up and ride over the y lug 235. Above the bar 233 there is a tension-spring 236, which holds the bar up and the hooks 230 .down in their normal position when not raised by the action of the pawl aforesaid.

A modified form of a hook is illustrated by Figs. 135 and 36, in which the hookv 237 eX- tends out from the side o f its arm and downward and rearward andis provided with a small roller 238 to assist the running of the thread.

extends back through the `head 241, ycarried by the unthreading-arm 53,.and is provided at its rear end with a laterally-extending arm 242. These arms are all connectedby the common bar 233, before mentioned, and by thev vertical displacement of said bar through the action of the pawl the several hooks will be given a partial rotation on their axes, carrying the points down within the recess 229 in the side of their coperating and opposed needles behind-the thread,thus hooking the threads which have been pushed through the broom and unthreading the needles and pulling the threads through onthe back stroke of the arm 53.

vTo receive the long loose threads drawn through the broom by the unthreadng-hooks y unthreading-hook when it ma es its back stroke. These thread-holders are Ishown in detail byFigs. 39, 410, and 41 Sheet 1i. The

ing its forwardl stroke, and on the back stroke` the loose threadis drawn into the tube.

The construction of the looping-needles 90 of the binder will be seen by reference to Figs. 42 to 44. a notch 250 with'a forward projecting point 251below the same. Back a short distance onthe under side of theneedle there is the mouth 252 to an open eye 253, which eX- tends forward from the mouth and has a small hook projection 254 on the lower side. The height of this projection 254 is about equal to the thickness of a strand of the binding and sewing twine or thread, and behind said projection the needle slopes down to the point 255. Y

' Adjustably fastened to Y the right -hand rear clamp-carrier 178 `(see Figs. 23, 24, and' In the end of the needles there is IOO a gang of tension-s rings or spring-clips simi- 1 lar to those just escribed constituting the main thread-holder. These catch and hold the threads when they are drawn through behind the spring-clips by the unthreadinghooks 230.

There remains now to be .described the starting mechanism and the connections for securing the successive operations ofthe different parts of the machine, which will be best understood by reference to Figs. 30 to 34. Below the rock-shaft 62 there is an arm 260, an extension of the hand-lever 63, to which are attached two opposed tensionsprings 261 and 262, which normally hold the -lever 63 in its central position. These tension-springs at their outer ends are attached to the'frame of the machine. Said rockshaft also has a short lateral arm 263, to which is attached a spring-rod 264, that eX- tends up to the lever-arm 167, so that the friction-pinion 168 is thrown against the friction-disk 169 when the starting-lever is pulled backward to throw in the clutch for driving the sewing mechanism. A lug 265 on an extension 266 of the lever 167 forms a stop for the forward movement of the vise IIO that the vise can pass it.

when the sewing-clutch is not thrown in and the lever-arm 167 is up. When the startinglever is operated to start the sewing, the depression of the lever 167 raises the lug 265, so

This lug determines the starting-point ofthe vise when the sewing commences.

267 is a catch with which a pawl 268, carried by the starting-lever, engages to prevent the. lever 63 from being pulled back by the spring 262 after the clutch which engages the threading and binding mechanism has been thrown in. This catch is connected by a rod 269 with a lever 270, which is acted upon by a lug 271 on the cam-wheel 80. When the lug 271 strikes the end of the lever 270 at the end of the binding operation, the catch 267 releases the starting-lever, and the latter is drawn back by the spring 262 to its central or normal position. Carried by the binderframe at the other end of the are transcribed by the starting-lever there is a catch 272, normally held projected by a spring 273, and a pawl 274, carried by the starting-lever, engages with this catch when the handle is drawn back for starting the sewing mechanism. Connected to a bell-crank arm of this catch there is a rod 275, leading back to a lever-arm- 276, which has an adjustable head 277, which is struck by the visebody when the last stitch has been taken, thereby releasing the starting-lever, and the same is returned to its central position by means of the spring 261, and the swing-clutch is thrown off. Further, to allow for changing the distance between the rows of stitches not only the sewingneedles and threading and unthreading hooks are made adjustable, as before indicated, but also the tucking and looping needles and thread-guides of the threading-head, which present the several threads in front of the tucking-needles and the thread-holders for the several strands, both the auxiliary and the main thread-holder. The tucking and looping needles may be held in their head, as well as the sewing-needles and threading-hooks in their respective heads, between serrated clamps, which will allow the shanks of the needles and hooks to be set at any point between the serrated clamps and firmly clamped. The cone-licedle guides for the threads as they leave the threading-hooks can be in like manner adjustably attached to the threading-head. These adjustable attachments will be readily understood without being specifically illustrated.

Suitable means may be provided for lubricating the needles, detecting knots in the thread, and counting the number of brooms sewed.

The operation of the machine is as follows: At the start, assuming the vise to be in the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, it is swung on its trunnions 216 and 217 over into the binder, its inclined position then being parallel with that of the starting-lever 63 as the latter is shownin Fig. 2, and the spurgear 220 is then in mesh with its driving-gear 77. The vise-jaws are then opened by pressing with the foot on the foot-lever 223, which raises the primary foot-lever and draws down the collar 206 and opens the vise, at the same time the operator pulling back the clamp hooks 186, so that the auxiliary aw-hars 179a 17 9b will remain attached to their respective carriers as the jaws open. The operator then places a broom ready for binding and sewing in the vise, the handle extending down within the hollow shaft 205 and the broom-head resting in the socket 221. The proper position of this broom is regulated by setting this socket at the desired height. The operator then presses the foot-lever 212 downward, thereby closing the vise-jaws and centering the broom. When the vise-jaws close, the auxiliary jaws lock together around the broom, the hooks 186 on one set of jawbars engaging with the notched ends of the other set of bars. In this position of the vise the lugs 189 of the crank-collar 184 are in engagement with the socket-wrench 188, and if the auxiliary jaws and their carriers are in an open position with respect to the main jaws when the latter are closed by the foot-lever 212 the operator closes them by means of' the handle 191. He then turns the handle 191 back, bringing the slot of the socket-wrencli 1 88 in a horizontal position and throwing the carriers 178 back and out of the way of the threading mechanism, the auxiliary jaws 179 remaining attached to the broom by reason of the spring-bolts 185 drawing out of the eyes of the carriers. In this position the broom is ready to have the free ends of the binding-tlireads pushed through or to be threaded, The operator grasps the startinglever 63 and pushes it from him, thereby throwing in the clutch 66 and starting the binding mechanism. The pawl 268 of the starting-lever catches on the detent 267 and locks the operating-lever until it is automatically released at the close of the binding op* eration by the luff 271 striking the lever 270 and causing the detent 267 to be retracted.

In the progress of the binding operation the iirst step is the action oi' the cam 97 on the threading-head lever 95, which swings the threading-head 106 around in front of the gang of looping-needles 90. When the threading-head is making its forward stroke, the friction-wheel 114 engages during a part of the time with the arc-shaped plate 116, causing the roller 1 1 1 to revolve and advance the ends of the threads through their funnelguides and past the needle-slot 109.

The looping-needles, actuated by the cam 80, are then advanced, and after the threads have been brought into position in front of them each needle catches its thread in the lOO front notch 250 and pushes the loose end orl the thread well into or through the broom. The needles then recede,leaving the ends of the threads in the broom, and both the needles and the threading-head swing back out of the way of the vise. The rotation of the vise by means* of the segment-gear 78 andv gears 76, 77, and 220v-then takes placa-winding the threads around the broom. The vise then comes to rest, and the lug or tooth 196 on the cam-wheel 80 strikes the arm 195 and causes the closing'oi the clamp-carriers, and the adjustable thread-holder 256 is brought in the path of the needles. The -flange 84 now moves the lever-arm85, and with it thev rock-shaft 86 and the looping-needle arm andk needles, a short distance inward to clear the tucked end of the thread, and the said needles advance again, theirpoints beingslightlyg raised by the action'oi1 the cam on the lever 85, so thatlthey will pass above the bindingstrings-wound around the broom. The cam\ action onthe needles then following is illustrated by Figs. 42, 43, and44. The needles advance into the broom until the point 255 is within the broom, as illustrated by Fig. 42, when the needles move downward and then outward `for a short distance, bringing. the.'

, binding-strands-of the threads 280 and 281 within the open eye 253 of the needle. In

this position the strand ofthe thread 281, eX-v tending around the broom tothe threadinghead, is caught by the hook 254.l (See Fig.. 43.). rIhe cam action then causes the needles to move forward, carrying the thread 281 along with it into the broom-body, and as soon as the point 255 of the needle can clear the strands 28() the needle is given an upwardA motion, Fig. 44 and then outward, carrying' the strand 281 aroun'dthe strands 280 and? drawing it out.V The needles then receive adownward motion, which causes a free loopl of the strand 281 to catch in the temporary;

Y thread-holder 256;

kinto their stationary position.

The needles then recedel j At this stage` the lug271 causes'the detent 267 to releasethe hand-lever 68, which then is brought by,

lthe spring 262 into its central position, throwing out clutch 66 and stopping the binding mechanism. vlThe operator then pushes th'ej vise from him until it is stopped by the lug 265, andl it is then in position for sewing. Ie

- then pulls the lever 63 towardv him until it passes the detent 272 and is caught thereby. This action throws in the clutch 58, which starts the sewing mechanism, and valso byl 'y Vreasonof the connection with the lever 167i `the-sto 265 is moved out of line of the portion o' the vise-body which strikes it, and the friction-pinion 165 is brought up against, the friction-disk 169, thereby throwing into action the ffeed mechanism for the vise. The threadsarei then in position to bek caught 'by' the hooks 152, which acted upon bythe cams .140y 141 move the threads downward and,

backward, bringing them under-the ganglof4 i sewing-needles Thenwhile the sewing-needles advance the hooks 152 raise the threads and bring them into the recesses or open eyes '226. The tension of thethreads is sufficient tov allow of av readydisengagement `oi `the hooks from the threads, the hooks 'still moving in a vertical direction. The needles which have thus been threaded slide over they inclined surface of the vise and clamps the bottom needle just above the edge 'of the main jaw and the upper needles each above one of the auxiliary jaws, their points passingv under thebinders on the entering side of the broom and out over the binders on the other Aside of the-broom. The threads while being pushed through the broom-rest in the grooves i 228 of the needles. During the time that the y sewing-needles on one side are advancing the unthreading-hooks on thel opposite side are advanced, and when both iin'ish their res ec- V tive strokes the pawl `234 of the unthreadlng'- head will'v pass under the inclined-plane of its coacting lug 235, slightly raising ,the hooks. They thenenter the respective recesses 229` dles and the threads. The needles and the' gO of the needles and wedge in between the nee- V unthreading-hooks then both make their back d strokes, and thethread's drawn' throu h the brooms are caught bythe stationary t eadholder 258 and the loose ends drawn out into the thread-tubes 244. i The spur-gear 171,

driven by the friction-dlsk and pinion 169 and 168 and the toothed wheel 162, feeds the visev forward one stitch. The drawing of lthe threads through the threading-head 106 during thefproc'ess of winding and tying causes the cones 118 to revolve, and thestuds 127 are adjusted so that thec'ones willcarry the J knives 125 pastV their centers and cut the threads when the proper ,lengthy required for the sewing of arow of stitches hasrun through. The threading and sewingoperation isfthen repeated by the other gang of" y j 1ro-1. j

'step by step until the requiredV number of needlesy and Ahooks and the visey advanced stitches has been sewed. After the sewing' of the last stitch the vise strikes the stop 277,

the Catch 2721s withdrawn, and the tana ,i l'

'115 sition',disengag1ng the sewing-clutch. The y I operator then swings the vise backinto they v lever 63 returns to its normal and central pobinder, throwingoii the hooks on` the auxiliary jaws, opens theaujiiliary jaws and car-y 'A n thus described the invention, what r` I l machine, a rotatable `I 2 5 j v i 

